Mauviel M'Passion 2191.26 Copper 10-Inch/4.6L/4.9-Quart Egg White Bowl with Ring

by Mauviel

Product Features

• 10.6-inch copper bowl for beating egg whites
• Copper material interacts with egg proteins to produce fluffy, high-rise whites
• Allows whites to reach full volume and stiffness
• Brass side ring lets chef hold or hang bowl
• Hand washing recommended; limited lifetime warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 10.8 x 6 inches ; 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002L5GH4
• Item model number: 2191.26
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,835 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #47 in Kitchen & Dining > Bakeware > Baking Tools & Accessories > Mixing Bowls

Product Description

Mauviel, a French family business established in 1830 and located in the Normandy town of Villedieu-les-Poeles, is the foremost manufacturer of professional copper cookware in the world today. Highly regarded in the professional world, with over 170 years of experience, Mauviel offers several different lines of copper cookware to professional chefs and home cooks that appreciate the benefits of their high quality products. Professional cooks can attest that copper cookware is an essential part of every cookware collection as it is 2X more conductive than aluminum and 10X more conductive than stainless steel. This advantage makes copper the very best material for cooking, as it is unsurpassed in its ability to heat up evenly and rapidly and to cool down quickly, allowing for maximum control and great cooking results.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for making Angel food cakes as grandma did, February 13, 2007

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IceKween (OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mauviel M'Passion 2191.26 Copper 10-Inch/4.6L/4.9-Quart Egg White Bowl with Ring (Kitchen)

This bowl is amazing. Anyone who wants to make really GOOD angel food cakes should get this bowl. It is of very good quality and looks very elegant. Its wall is thicker than other competing brands and it has the perfect size for beating a dozen egg whites. I love it...

The only drawback is that the outer-surface oxidizes easily, even though it is finished. It showed some green spots after only a few weeks. Maybe this is common with copperware.

So I give it a five star for the inside surface, four star for the outside surface. But for angel food cake fans, it is the inside that counts. :-)

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing can touch Mauviel whisking bowls, February 2, 2011

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C. Mitchell (West Michigan) - See all my reviews
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There's two ways to work this bowl: Either set it into a heavy ceramic mixing bowl as a "nest" or carry it in the crook of your arm with your thumb through the ring. Either way is comfortable. When nested in a ceramic bowl, this Mauviel is stable enough to tilt it toward your whisking hand so that you have an easier wrist angle than if you used an ordinary flat bottom bowl.

If you want to chill the ingredients, put cold water or water and ice in the ceramic nest bowl; if you want to warm the ingredients, use hot water in the ceramic nest bowl. 'Dem Frenchies ain't as dumb as we often like to think -- this works GREAT!

8-Inch is the smallest reasonable size for this type of bowl. Consider getting a larger one if you whip a significant quantity of egg whites. I think a larger bowl of the 10.6-inch Mauviel allows me larger movement of arm and whisk which makes more bubbles and gets the whites to stiffen up faster. The 12-inch seems like more than I need most of the time. You've got to judge it for yourself before buying. (We got into this stuff back when plain copper was dirt cheap.) I usually use this 10.6 inch for whisking whipped cream and meringues, the 8 inch for blending and the 12 inch as an ice bath to quench hot saucepans (this is nested in a ceramic bowl -- the 12 inch copper bowl of ice spares the ceramic from any thermal shock).

Nothing matches copper in this work. Read up on the chemistry involved and understand that eggs whipped in this bowl can give you as much as 25% of your recommended daily allowance of copper.

Avoid the Old Dutch copper bowls (we have the large and the medium). They are thin, dent at a touch and warp out of round just by holding it when whipping. The Mauviel feels so strong that I would wonder if I couldn't stand on it safely. The Old Dutch would crumple if our cat jumped on it. Everytime I look at it, mysterious new dimples appear.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love my Mauviel Copper Bowl, December 29, 2010

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Sarie - See all my reviews

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Just in case you are sitting on the fence and wondering if it is really worth investing in a copper bowl perhaps I can sway you to purchase one.

As many people know making a french macaron can be tricky at the best of times. I decided to take on this challenge and make them as my christmas gifts this year. My first batch were horrible. But then I read that making the meringue in a copper bowl can make all the difference. So I ordered one from Amazon and tried again and you guessed it success!! Perfect macarons on the second batch!

Definitely worth the investment. Just make sure you wash it well and dry it straight after use or otherwise you will see the metal tarnish a little on the outside.